GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| prattle | prate |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |